2026 Research Symposium Schedule

Please note: Non PNNL Staff will not be permitted on campus. Non PNNL Staff are welcome to join the virtual presentations.

 

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Day 1
  • 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
    Welcome and opening remarks
    Zoom
  • 9:05 AM - 9:25 AM
    Keynote Speaker
    Cailene Gunn | Earth Scientist and Science Communicator
  • 9:25 AM - 9:30 AM
    Transition break
  • 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
    Remote session
    Zoom

VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM - BR 1

9:30 AM Yara Al-Shorman, TPIAgent: Improving Chip Testability with Artificial Intelligence

9:42 AM Kevin Kurian, Evaluating In-Context Reward Hacking in Multi-Agent Systems

9:54 AM Gabriela Nicacio, AI learning pathways for scientists

10:06 AM Danny Abraham, LLM Based Classifiers for Geothermal Permitting Documents

10:18 AM Ryan Page, Integrating Machine Learning into PRIMRE Database Management

10:30 AM Lauren Miller, Detector Simulation of β-decay into 136Xe

VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM - BR 2

9:30 AM Anisha Kalgi, Recommending New Categorical Exclusions to Fast-Track Geothermal Permitting in the US: A Statistical Analysis of the NEPA Record

9:42 AM Lauren Henderson, Dispatch-Responsive Reserves Reduce Procurement Costs in High-Renewable Power Systems

9:54 AM Alexander Meza, Wirelesstrap

10:06 AM Jordan Perkins, Physiological and Behavioral effects of Particle Motion on fishes and invertebrates

10:18 AM Dante Whitehead, Contamination in Orbital and Surface Environments: A Sequential Decision Framework

Day 1
  • 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
    Intermission
  • 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM
    Poster session 1
    Richland - Discovery Hall | Seattle - 5th Floor Kitchen

RICHLAND - DISCOVERY HALL | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Matthew Duran, Development of a Raspberry Pi Based Monitoring System for Ice Nucleation Experiments

Sofia del Toro, Characterization of Coastal Ecosystems Along Lake Erie

Anna St. Hilaire, Soil chemistry across a coastal forest ecosystem

Bade Habib, Management Client for Wildfire Mitigation Plans Database

Zachary Fox, Decoupling Concentration and Magnetic-Field Effects in Lanthanide Coordination Chemistry

Justice Sidney, Corrosion product monitoring in molten salt using optical spectroscopy

Carl Olson, Building a Machine Learning Spectral Database for AIMAX using Mechanical Exfoliated Monolayers of WS2

Lyla Parker, Development of Atomically Thin Mica and Clay Platform for Nanoscale Study of Rare Earth Elements

Lucy Tervo, Chromatographic lead-barium separation as surrogate study for radium purification

Jedrick Espiritu, Finetuning ALIGNN For Bandgap Prediction

Emma Johnson, Mild Vapor-Phase Solvolysis Recycling of Epoxy-Amine Carbon Fiber Composites

Daniel Torres-Duque, Forecasting and Optimization Toward Adaptive Manufacturing

Andrew Evangelista, LLM Agents for Atmospheric CCN Data Analysis using ARM BNF Dataset

Sophia Diaz, Comparison Between Bacterial and Fungal data in a Multi Omics Foundation Model

Charile Hoang, Developing Quality Control Pipeline for Automated Liquid Handling Systems

Maxwell Kavanah, CdTe Detectors for Coincidence Counting in Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing

Eduardo Tapia-Morales, Implementing Multiple Sources into Frequency Clocks

Kunal Shankar, Quantifying BESS Resilience Benefits Using Avoided Outage Costs

Nolan Kowitt, Parametric study for microcalorimeter optimization

SEATTLE - 5TH FLOOR KITCHEN | 11:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Alision Tan, Building a Multi-Agent LLM Driven Workplace Simulation

Grace O'Brien, Where did you learn that? Data attribution in deep neural networks

Jonas Goim, Enhancing Graph Algorithms Using Vertex and Edge Information

Ellie Lim, Finding electrical vulnerabilities through orchestrated contingency analysis

Nick Giovine, Developing a Wind Energy End of Life (EoL) Framework for Tethys

Maleen Schoenberg, The Environmental Effects of Marine & Wind Energy: Knowledge Accessibility and Curation

Sierra Stilling, Understanding the Impacts & Outcomes of DOE-R&D Investments through Technology Tracking

Day 1
  • 12:10 PM - 12:15 PM
    Transition break
  • 12:15 PM - 12:55 PM
    Poster session 2
    Richland - Discovery Hall

RICHLAND - DISCOVERY HALL | 12:15 PM - 12:55 PM

Brenna Apri, Unconventional Lithium Resource; Round Top of Sierra Blanca Complex, Trans-Pecos, Texas

Thomas Tust, Improving Bioaerosol Identification with Machine Learning and an Integrated Particle Classification Program

Hannah Chang, Exploring the pre-operative plasma proteome of surgical groups susceptible to chronic pain development

Jillard De Fiesta, Observing photolysis-induced physical and chemical changes of Secondary Organic Aerosols with a countertop environmental chamber

Joshua Boyle, Improving Accessibility to Science-Backed Building Resources

Stella Arce, Supporting Energy Skilled: Data Management & Workbook Automation

Alexander Kalashnikov Soules, Discrete Modeling of Complex Fracture in Engineered Structures: Adhesively Bonded Joints Under Impact

Mason Miazga, Lanthanide Separation Using MoS2 Laminate Membranes​

Barkhas Senguun, Investigating Charge Transfer between Monolayer MoS2 and MoS2-Supported Hexavanadate

Rachel Tucker, Applications of Noble Gas Mass Spectrometry for Fission Gas Isotopic Composition Analysis

Mariana Zurita, Transition Metal-Triazine Electrocatalysts for Carbon Oxygenate Transformations and Long-Duration Energy Storage

Rana Eyit, Solvent Extraction of Biocrude from the Hydrothermal Liquefaction Product Emulsion

Ben Waldner, Characterizing Quantum Amplifiers for Axion Dark Matter Detection

Adam Baji, AI/ML for Reactor Defense-in-Depth (D3) and Common Cause Failure (CCF) Analysis

Alex Beidalah, Simulating Hydraulic Stressors on Fish in a Kaplan Turbine

Dat Phan, Cost-Effective System for Digital Map Tiles of Wildfires through Satellite Imagery: Rapid Analytics for Disaster Response (RADR) - CDK

Armando Orozco, Agentic AI for Multi-Objective Optimization of Alloys Using Molecular Dynamics and Isotope Generation Simulations

Mansur Yassin, Automating Flow Cytometer Performance Tracking

Izzy O'Reilly, Spectral Characterization and Predictive Modeling of Garnet

Day 1
  • 12:55 PM - 1:00PM
    Closing Remarks
    OSEWD

Please note: Non PNNL Staff will not be permitted on campus. Non PNNL Staff are welcome to join the virtual presentations.